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executive
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, n.
1. An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who
administers the government, whether king, president, or
governor; the governing person or body.
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2. a person who has administrative authority over an
organization or division of an organization; a manager,
supervisor or administrator at a high level within an
organization; as, all executives of the company were given
stock options
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Executive \Ex*ec"u*tive\, a. [Cf.F. ex['e]cutif.]
1. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect;
as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or
pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of
affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive
duties, officer, department, etc.
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Note: In government, executive is distinguished from
legislative and judicial; legislative being
applied to the organ or organs of government which make
the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and
applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them
into effect or secures their due performance.
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2. of or pertaining to an executive[2] or to the group of
executives within an organization; as, executive
compensation increased more rapidly than wages in the
1980's; the executive suite.
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